Every great sci-fi series presents a new fictional language
Every great sci-fi series presents a new fictional language
Mi ta ge danyo lek da diye de. Mi ta tili sit fo depeshang da seritenyediye xi imalowda. Deradzhang detim mi ta du push...da *mowsewu ta go tutet. Na kang du wok tugut xitim. Amash im mo idzhi pash detim.
Dewe da #livit da Belta: weyu inya tugerówsh!
Mi ando du lek xox fo du im gut. Da lek na mo goda - wa senyawu gut! Unte peng mali.
Mi gonya du pexa & #maliwala mi imalowda leva ting fo mi fo da senyidiye xi. Mo gang wok efa! Mowsh ando na idzhifobek, sasa ke?
*mowsewu 'muscle'
Tim im na eka ere da setara-setara. Desh mebi sonya tim imalowda.
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/quirks/dark-energy-time-zones-1.7465116
@Lazarou Kowltim wa tim gut fo du sherú xunyam Lang Belta!
("Every time is a good time to begin learning Belter Creole.")
Nada seteráx. Gova decho fo im.
Seteráx da *déteting deting leta-kom da *ente kowlting.
Mi gonya du rúserux fo seteráx.
Gonya gif pasa fo im fo go erefo mi unte fongi de.
Un detim im bi dédeya, kori mi gonya vedi da we im.
Depelésh da seteráx finyish bi, gonya desh nating nada.
Bera mi ye bi.
*déteting 'death'
*ente 'end'
Da diye de ta desh wating nuva fo mi. Mi ta ando tutet amash mi ta mowsh bang fo da #maliwala imalowda. Kopush wit kasi kombat anxiety, sasa ke? Málimang mi ta du pegunta keradzhang mi so tet. Deng fo ansa du owkwa oxo unte deng mi na ta kang bang fo xom, sasa ke?
*Dzhow mi ta lok detim unte efa, im ta mo idzhi fo showxa ere #LangBelta pash *Íngelish. Málimang mosh mali ta pochuye mi. Mebi wa ora fore *Íngelish ta kom wámotim.
#Livit im pagal, keyá?
*dzhow 'jaw'
*Íngelish 'English'
Ok. Guess what this reminds me of?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDFJRg-Mzxs/?igsh=MTN2N3ZiM2o0dGV6dQ==
#beltalowda #TheExpanse #ScreamingFirehawks
Xitim, du mo wang wit sowngit Highway Setá'!
Now, do one more with Belter Highway Star music!
@kagan Ee, to keng wa pelésh deting gif meyo fo sowngit belta ke?! Xélixup! Gut fo imim represent #beltalowda.
Okay, total moment here... I'm sitting in this bar, and the Black Keys' "Tighten Up" just came on, and my immediate thought was, "Why are they playing music from _The Expanse_?"
Oopsy! But #TheExpanse fans will get it.
(Also, pour one out for poor Cameron Paj's arm... and Paj himself. Also also, _xalte ere gova da Cant!_ #LangBelta)
@melanyabelta Dédawang sownte asilik wa diye tugut!
Kowltim gut fo du pasa tim wit kopeng.
Mi ta bi wit wa kopeng da diye de. Mi ta du wang wit im ere wa imbobo owkwa kaka fo Ora fo Du Wowt. Walowda mang dédeya ta du buk amash mi ta ando du *vesh. Kopeng ta lit wowk owte im fo duting im nawit ényedzhi & na desh eletisi wowl.
Buza kong milowda ta finyish fut fash unte *goting fo xom mi. Amash milowda ta du-showxa so lowng ere da *futipelésh. Fo faf ora! Milowda tenye wa pensating setóriye fo du wit sif.
*vesh 'poetry'
*goting 'trip'
*futipelésh 'restaurant'
#Maliwala mi imalowda ando vedi #DnDMovie. Fore, tu maliwala ta vedi walowda episot fong Mediwala Kemang (#DoctorWho). Unte da maliwala da mosh owte im wanya vedi Gang Setara: *Dzhúmpating wit mi. (#StarTrek #STDisco)
Imalowda ta finyish tenye seteráx fong Mediwala Kemang. Amash xitim imalowda ando du ámolof im!
※ *dzhúmpating 'discovery' < Indonesian jumpa 'to meet, encounter'
Da Dzhiká ta showxa:
Nada bosmang wit kowl terásh, nada *rázamang, im na kang *xolte wa *mang-mang lok fo xantedura fo sémpere. Ere setara-setara desh na terásh deting mo gerówsh pash da mowteng fo feriting. Sitem *neshang unte bosmang na kang avita da terásh de. Da *Sentowri ta keng xídawang wang tim. Milowda gonya du imalowda keng wámotim. Sili im mebi gonya kom fing towseng anyiye, milowda gonya ferí.
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@mxfraud The language is known as #LangBelta, so that hashtag might get you some more of the right eyeballs.
I think the best single-file option you're likely to find would be @melanyabelta's *Wówtebuk (literally "word-book", i.e., dictionary — a fan coinage, as marked by the asterisk).
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1pmLydvG93-F4o6mUDY8gaZeZKPmhIB2J/view
Anyone has any idea where to find a single file containing a dictionary or corpus of text using of The Expanse Belter's language ?
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Mi finyish vedi da sésata da *faya unte da beratna da owkwa ere #Elemental wámotim wit #maliwala mi.
Ìsh sh #Elemental r íkì ì ksshfò úbà ì kû àrù àpôr báìkš.
I have watched the fire lady and the water guy in #Elemental again with my child.
※ *faya < fire
Dzha, mi tenye mo pelésh ere mesa buk mi fo da *manga #TheExpanse nawit da *manga da *Shamang deya.
#LangBelta #ScreamingFirehawks
*manga 'manga, comic, graphic novel' < 漫画 / マンガ
*sha 'sand' < 沙 shā
Wa kopeng mi ta vedi #Elemental wit milowda. Im ta du ámolof im unte wanya du setóriye Medinya *Elemente wit mi. Deradzhang mi ta ando lit Lang *Faya wámotim da nax xi.
*elemente 'element'
*faya 'fire'
Pensating kaka mi ando suchok unte ando tek sheláf mi. Mowsh ando natet unte mi na. Unte mi tenye gova-tet fo xídawang, sasa ke? Mi wanya du sheláf.
Da #málimang da mosh bik mi im bi wit pa mi. Pa ando du chesh . Da málimang ando vedi ányimal. Im gonya vedi ere du tung.
Beratna im ta vedi da Kova da Deva da Seng unte da Chixiro (千と千尋の神隠し) unte oso *Neba Mi Demang da Totoro (となりのトトロ). Milowda ta xolte sif detim ando sit. Ta du mi xush.
Milowda ta du dzhogem bowl *ping efa.
※ kova deva '神隠し, god cover, mysterious dissappearance, being spirited away'
*neba 'neighbor'
*ping 'pin'